Rhonda Jewels and Chili Con Carne in front of the Homestead Café, Providence, Rhode Island, from the Female Impersonators series
Jeffrey Silverthorne, American, 1946 - 2022
1971
Gelatin silver print on Agfa Portriga Rapid paper
Image: 13 7/16 × 13 1/2 in. (34.2 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 in. (43 × 35.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Elizabeth and David C. Lowenstein '67 Fund
2013.37.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed and dated, in black pen, lower left: Chili Con Carne, Providence, R.I. 1971; Signed and inscribed, on reverse, upper center, in graphite: J. Silverthorne / Chili Con Carne, Rhonda Jewels and Friend / 1972-74 / Vintage Print / Edition of 25 / Rhonda Jewels and Chili Con Carne in front of the Homestead Cafe, Providence RI 1971
Course History
WRIT 5, Memoirs of Family, Ellen Rockmore, Fall 2013
WGST 10, Sex, Gender, and Society, Giavanna Munafo, Fall 2013
WGST 37.2, GEOG 41, Gender, Space and Islam, Jennifer Fluri, Fall 2013
NAS 42, WGST 40, Gender Topics in Native American Life, Vera Palmer, Fall 2013
ANTH 31, WGST 36, Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Lauren Gulbas, Fall 2013
NAS 42, WGST 40, Gender Topics in Native American Life, Vera Palmer, Fall 2013
SART 30, Photography II, Fall 2013
SART 29, Photography I, Fall 2013
WGST 65, Queer Visual Culture, Gabriele Dietze, Winter 2014
WGST 18, Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies, Eng-Beng Lim, Winter 2015
SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection , Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015
WGSS 10.01, Sex, Gender, and Society, Douglas Moody, Fall 2019
WGSS 10.02, Sex, Gender, and Society, Kristen O'Rourke, Fall 2019
WGSS 10.03, Sex, Gender, and Society, Jenn Sargent, Fall 2019
WGSS 10.04, Sex, Gender, and Society, Susan Brison, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
Femme is Fierce: Femme Queer Gender Performance in Photography, Class of 1967 gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 1-December 17, 2022.
Shadowplay: Transgressive Photography from the Hood Museum of Art, Owen Robertson Cheatham and Friends Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 10-December 8, 2013.
Provenance
The artist, Cranston, Rhode Island; sold to present collection, 2013.
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